Viewer's Choice on Mars: NASA Takes Suggestions for Martian Photos

If you have an absolute favorite spot on Mars, NASA wants to know. The agency may even take a snapshot for you with its most powerful camera circling
the red planet.

NASA is taking public suggestions for photo targets on Mars using the HiRISE camera on its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The "HiWish" project,
announced Wednesday, allows the general public to choose a location on Mars from a map on the Internet for HiRISE to photograph.

But there's a catch. Merely asking for a photo won't cut it. Requests must be accompanied with a title for the snapshot and a brief explanation of
what scientific benefits may come from the Martian photo shoot. Suggestions also need to be categorized in one of the 18 science themes for the
camera's mission at Mars.

I came across this today, and thought my fellow ATS'ers may be interested.

I honestly have know idea's for any new spots of Mars to be photographed, let alone reasons that it would be scientifically beneficial, but I do know
we have some members here that may have some good suggestions.

First of all the obvious. Take a photo of the damn face on mars!
Also take a photo of the UFOs parked there.
Um.. also take a photo of the bases we set up in the 60s as well as the 1ft humanoids people think they see in rover photos.

If you think NASA will consider you or anyone suggestion on a location for them to take a picture for you well you better be prepared to wait a life
time. no way there going to do that, and if they did how do you know that picture is really the location that you suggested.
They don't even want to show you the face of Mars. Sure they show picture of it after its been altered and what ever these clowns do to picture that
the public shouldn't really see.
NASA Please now there's a place that the American tax payers money is being burnt away.
And then these jokers have the audacity to say there don't have enough money for further research and need more.

Wouldn't it make more sense to actually submit a suggestion to NASA rather than discussing it here?

You have a valid point, but in all fairness, I have already brought this point up in the OP.

Let me quote the OP:

I honestly have no idea's for any new spots of Mars to be photographed, let alone reasons that it would be scientifically beneficial, but I do know
we have some members here that may have some good suggestions.

I know ATS has a small amount of amateur astronomers and what not, and they may have some good suggestions for NASA, seeing that only a mere 1% of the
planet has actually been photographed.

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